In the third millennium, many changes have occurred in the social status of societies, and according to statistics from the World Health Organization, social harms, including divorce and its negative effects on children, have had a worrying increase. discovery of mirror neurons and their effective role in aggression, and children of divorce have may resolve problems in this area. aim of the present study is to design an educational package based on mirror neurons and determine its effectiveness on the aggression of children of divorce.
Method: In this quasi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test design, 30 students, children of divorce with high aggression scores, were selected purposefully during the year 2024-2025 from schools in Sangar district of Rasht city and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 8 mirror neuron-based therapy sessions. Participants completed an aggression questionnaire Eysenck and Wilson (1975) before and after treatment. Descriptive indices and analysis of One-way analysis of covariance were used in spss22 software to analyze the results.
Findings: The results of the analysis showed that mirror neuron-based therapy reduced aggression in the experimental group compared to the control group without treatment (p<./005).
Conclusion: mirror neurons are one of the important and effective variables in reducing aggression in students who are children of divorce. Therefore, interventions based on strengthening the positive aspects and reducing the effects of the negative aspects of these neurons can be included in educational programs and their use can be suggested to teachers and counselor